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The country aims to pass a casino law to boost tourism opportunities ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Masayuki Fukuda of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu explains how

Activism and engagement have long outlived the shareholder spring of 2012. Skadden's Scott Hopkins and Lorenzo Corte explain why UK boards must prepare to become more responsive

As the debt saga continues, attention has turned to its ramifications for future bond offerings and restructures

BA-HR's Richard Sjøqvist analyses the rapid expansion of Norway’s high-yield market, which is paving the way for a single Nordic capital market

Private equity has driven the continent's leveraged finance market. But as explained by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Daniel French, US investors will be crucial to its further growth

Décret Alstom reinforces France’s control over inbound foreign investment. Despite its dubious motivations, the European Commission has approved the reform

The European Commission wants powers to intervene in minority acquisitions. Linklaters' Jonas Koponen and Isabel Rooms analyse the proposals

In this latest installment, K&L Gates' David Bernstein explains why most stockholders of public companies are temporary investors, not owners

Jenny Sheng, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Dean Collins, Dechert Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw pittman has hired corporate partners David Livdahl and Jenny Sheng – alongside three associates – from Paul Hastings to open an office in Beijing, its second in China. Sheng's strengths are in PRC law, real estate, and private equity. Livdahl was the chair of his former firm in Beijing and is strong in cross-border M&A in the industrial sector. The new office will focus on foreign investment in China and will advise Chinese clients on investments abroad. Australia's fluid and unsettled market continues to create some notable movements. MCCULLOUGH ROBERTSON'S Sydney office hired Adam Wallwork – a PPP, infrastructure, resources and power expert – from King & Wood Mallesons.

Richard Birns, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Hugh McDonald, Troutman Sanders George Madison, Sidley Austin Many of summer's lateral moves have taken place in the corporate and M&A realm. PAUL HASTINGS hired Philip Stamatakos as a partner in Chicago in August. Formerly with Jones Day, Stamatakos specialises in M&A, joint ventures, recapitalisations, foreign investments, and distressed company transactions. In another high-profile move, corporate lawyer Richard Birns moved from Boies Schiller & Flexner to GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER in New York. Birns focuses on M&A and joint ventures, often with a private equity component. In Houston BRACEWELL & GIULIANI recruited former Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft partner Michael Niebruegge. He works on loans and securitisations, and oversees negotiations among creditors and borrowers in project financings.